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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1883
Page
4
A man named John Gray braves a freezing river to rescue a baby amid a flood. He risks his life three times, finally saving the child only to find the saved babe is his own youngest child, prompting a grateful prayer.
In late October Hesper, famed as the belle of the countryside, waits for Jacob the bound boy who has gone to fetch cows. A young man Harry Rayburn arrives with an invitation to a husking, but Hesper’s mood is cool. She plans to attend with Jacob, provokes him, and quarrels softly as they walk to Mrs. Rayburn’s house where plans for the feast unfold amid family teasing and a longing for a different future.
A narrative excerpt describes a woman torn between admiration for a tall, handsome Harry with a deep musical voice and anger at his deceit. She vows to wound him if he remains indifferent, her bright eyes flashing despite tears as she resolves to a heartache.
A lively salon scene unfolds as the Squire flirts with Hesper while arranging a wedding party. He privately boasts of looks and nudges, but Hesper quietly rebuffs him and notes Hetty’s heartbreak as boot-heel clack echoes from the piazza.
In a rural late night gathering, Hesper and Harry’s teasing gives way to heartbreak as jealousy over a rival, Fanny Lawson, drives a rift. After Will Rayburn’s wedding prompts a Westward move, Harry’s farewell prompts a tearful confession of lasting love. He returns, proving his devotion and mending the tangle.
Jewelers display treasures openly while employing alarms, concealed gates, heavy glass barriers, and vigilant watchmen to deter theft. Traps include automatic doors, spring locks, concealed steel gates, and counterfeit outer panes. Safes and windows are protected to prevent daytime robberies, forcing criminals to target night safes instead.
A sewing girl in a New York shirt factory was seized by the shafting after disobeying a ban on hoop-skirts. She was wound around the machinery and escaped with two broken legs, narrowly surviving. She vows to avoid fashion in the future.
The Ellangowan colliery features workers with unusual names including Paul Whygo and Peter Mosquito. Other locals such as Mehigh Pacey Enrenee and Patrick Brotherboom appear, with Bill Overcoat signing as Overcoat Bill. The Register notes many distinctive nicknames and unusual surnames among winter miners.
A Kansas Pacific locomotive broke through a Kiowa Creek bridge and sank in quicksand, never recovered after years of digging and boring. Reports wonder at a future scientist discovering the sunken engine beneath layers of sandstone, pondering the age of humanity.
An eye witness reports a Somerset County firm using dynamite to fell spruce and hemlock for a pulp mill. A large tree is drilled, a cartridge inserted, fuse lit, and within seconds the tree blasts into splinters, saving time and labor despite higher per blast costs.
A Boston Transcript excerpt notes a fair visitor who spent a day in the Exhibition Building yet saw only half the exhibits and asked for a repeat-entry ticket. The piece also mentions J. H. Plummer of Brattleborough Pa with a ninety year old rose bush yielding over two bushels of buds last season. Pope’s quip on mankind and woman closes the item.
A high opinion from Captain John J. Dawson late of the British Army who resides on Love Street between Mandeville and Spain in this city. He used St Jacobs Oil with the greatest possible advantage when afflicted with rheumatism. A plasterer at work on a ceiling is said to understand his trade.
A promotional notice claims Golden Medical Discovery cures a range of ailments from pimples to scrofula and consumption in early stages. It advertises the World's Dispensary pamphlets, claims two stamps for delivery from Buffalo, and urges buyers to use Dr Pierce’s medicines for women and general health. The piece ends noting snoring in church is unnecessary amid cheap clothing sales.
Scranton crowds heard claims that Mishler's Herb Bitters cured the chief violinist J F Spalding of consumption after a long fight with illness and ineffective remedies. The ad cites Dr Williams Halts Balm as a cure for colds and lung ailments, touting rapid, magical effects with persistence. It mentions para rubber pricing and a range of other patent remedies and tonics sold by Caswell Hazard & Co. in New York.
Personal notice from Tas Vourahc Batt Co of Marshall Michigan promoting Dr Dye s Celebrated Electro Voltaic Belts and Electric Appliances for a thirty day trial to men troubled by nervous debility and deficient vitality. No risk as trial is allowed.
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